Laserfiche WebLink
<br />PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS FOR THE MTP <br /> <br />In 200 I, Metro COG updated its public involvement policies with respect to the preparation of <br />the Metropolitan Transportation Plan. These policies require early public notification of the <br />intent to update the Plan, They also require notification of "Interested and Affected Parties." <br />Metro COG currently has a mailing list of over 800 individuals, businesses and agencies who are <br />either directly involved in the transportation industry or have expressed an interest in being <br />notified of transportation planning activities, Parties on this mailing list were sent notification of <br />the intent to initiate the update of the MTP, and were asked to participate in the early public <br />involvement process. <br /> <br />These early input opportunities were targeted toward modal interests, the general public, <br />business groups, planning commissions, emergency responders, school boards, higher education <br />institutions, environmental groups, recreation interests, and special population (i.e, elderly <br />persons with disabilities, low-income, refugees, etc,). Specific early public involvement <br />outreach opportunities provided are summarized below: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Direct Outreach Contacts and Meetings <br /> <br />Beginning in fall 2002, Metro COG staff undertook a two-month public input process <br />incorporating personal contacts and meetings with diverse transportation interest groups, <br />The intent of these outreach efforts was to proactively gather input on transportation needs <br />from groups not always active or represented in the typical planning process. Over 30 local <br />groups were visited and their input recorded. <br /> <br />Examples of these participating organizations include: <br /> <br />0 Metro Chamber of Commerce <br />0 Fargo-Cass County Economic Development Authority <br />0 Hector International Airport Authority <br />0 EasTen Merchants <br />0 City Planning Commissions <br />0 Fire & Police Emergency Responders <br />0 School Boards, MSUM, NDSU <br />0 Riverkeeps <br />0 Park District/Boards <br /> <br />0 FM ADA Committee <br />0 Fargo Senior Commission <br />0 Center for New Americans <br />0 Fargo and Moorhead Human Rights Commissions <br /> <br />Executive Summary - Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan Update <br />Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments <br /> <br />June 2004 <br />Page 28 <br />